PSYC 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lexical Decision Task, Parsing, Binoculars
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Chapter 11 language: what is language, bees communicate waggle dance a. i. Indicate where food is relative to the hive: monkeys communicate vocal calls b. i. Can express danger, greetings: language is uniquely human, system of communication using sounds or symbols, express feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences, the creativity of human language, hierarchical system a. i. Components that can be combined to form larger units: governed by rules b. i. Specific ways components can be arranged: the universality of language, all humans with normal capacities develop a language and learn to follow its complex rules a. i. Deaf children invent sign language that is all their own: language is a universal construct within every culture b. i. There are an estimated 6000-7000 different languages: language development is similar across cultures c. i. Babies start to babble at ~7 months, get a few words by ~12 months, and move on to multiword utterances: languages are unique but the same d. i.
